I Could Never Fall In Love With A Villain - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Mu Yin Decides to Find an Opportunity to Confess to Pei Che…

Where am I? What am I doing?

The two walked side by side through the Plane Tree Road.

Mu Yin looked numb, glancing at the man beside her. She felt like a lump of frustration was stuck in her throat.

It was irritating. It was the irritation of an opponent who didn’t play by the rules.

Mu Yin suspected Pei Che had suffered heatstroke; otherwise, how could he calmly agree to such a clumsy excuse? Truly a worthy arch-nemesis—he knew exactly how to make her angry.

But things had already reached this point, so Mu Yin had to grit her teeth and continue the plot, looking for a moment to steer the story back on track. She lowered her head and sent a message to Liang Yunxi, telling her to change the meeting spot to the East Gate.

Pei Che’s popularity at Jiabei University was clearly high. Along the way, their “head-turn rate” was at least 70 or 80 percent. Students passed by from time to time to greet him. To these greetings, Pei Che mostly just nodded—a picture of cold, distant indifference.

So pretentious, Mu Yin thought to herself.

Suddenly, a student walked toward them. His personality was clearly the energetic and bold type. After greeting the professor, he turned his gaze directly to Mu Yin and asked with a grin: “Professor, is this… our ‘Shiniang’ Teacher’s Wife?”

Shiniang? Her and Pei Che?

Mu Yin couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

Hearing her laugh, Pei Che glanced at her, then looked up at the gossip-hungry student. “When is your thesis due?”

Student: “…” His gossiping expression instantly turned to horror, and he bolted faster than a rabbit.

Mu Yin wanted to say something snide to Pei Che, but she suddenly realized they had reached the East Gate without knowing it. Was it really this close…

Seeing that they had arrived and it was time for Pei Che to leave, Mu Yin’s brain worked at high speed. Think, you useless brain! Think of how to hide your disgust and keep this annoying person here.

She had a flash of inspiration: “Right! Professor Pei sent me a few articles the other day. Can we talk about them? Cough… didn’t you say I could look for you if I didn’t understand something?”

“Mhm.”

“Then…”

“Wait a moment.”

“?”

Pei Che scanned the surroundings. “Let’s find a drink shop. We can chat slowly.”

“…?” This man is way too free.

Mu Yin struggled to hide the disdain in her eyes. Just as she was about to refuse, another wicked idea popped into her head.

“Sure, let’s go to that drink shop up ahead.”

…

The two walked into a drink shop near the school and found a quiet corner to sit. While Pei Che was ordering, Mu Yin lowered her head to send the shop’s location to Liang Yunxi.

She already had a plan. Though it was a bit unethical… A villain is supposed to be unethical.

Anyway, he was the one with the protagonist’s halo. As a low-intelligence villainess, her fate was destined to be rocky and suppressed by the protagonist. She was already so miserable—let her have this.

After thinking it through, Mu Yin felt righteous.

“Mu Yin.”

“Hmm?”

Mu Yin looked up from her thoughts. Pei Che had finished ordering and was ready to listen to her “questions.” Fortunately, Mu Yin had actually read the articles thoroughly and could pick out some difficult points to ask.

As he listened to her questions, Pei Che answered patiently. His voice was of the cool and clear variety, every word distinct and standard, making it strangely easy to concentrate. Mu Yin went from being indifferent to gradually focused. Although she already knew the content, Pei Che was a psychology professional, and his explanations were indeed more accessible.

Mu Yin decided she wouldn’t despise him for today. But the “unethical” deed still had to be done.

Her phone vibrated. A message from Liang Yunxi: I’m almost there!

Their seat was by the window. Mu Yin had specifically chosen this spot so she could see toward the school. She waited for Liang Yunxi’s figure to appear in her sight and push open the door—

“Thank you for your patient answers, Professor Pei. I toast you.”

“…”

Pei Che blinked slowly, seemingly puzzled by her behavior.

Mu Yin didn’t care. She reached for her drink, leaned in, and clinked it against Pei Che’s drink on the table.

Pei Che reached out, about to pick up his drink.

In the next second.

The orange juice in Mu Yin’s hand tilted—the sticky liquid splashed entirely onto his clothes. It dripped down, bit by bit.

Who said the villainess’s “water-splashing skill” couldn’t be used on the male lead? It looked very effective to her. As long as the male lead knew she had ill intentions and grew to dislike her, she would have fulfilled the plot!

“Oh my! I’m so sorry, I’m so clumsy~”

Mu Yin pretended to be flustered, pulling out tissues to wipe his clothes. She kept her head down the whole time, afraid that if she looked at his face, she wouldn’t be able to stop herself from laughing out loud.

“Professor Pei, I am truly sorry.”

A hand with distinct knuckles reached out, grabbing her wrist.

Uh oh. Hehe, Pei Che is angry.

“…I’ll do it myself,” Pei Che’s voice sounded above her head.

He’s quite patient. Is this the self-restraint of a protagonist?

Pei Che gently let go of her hand. Mu Yin, happy that she didn’t have to deal with the sticky juice, sat back down.

“Mu Yin… Professor Pei…”

Liang Yunxi appeared beside them at some point, looking at the scene with utter confusion.

Mu Yin explained: “I got lost just now and met the kind Professor Pei. He brought me here and kindly answered my questions. Then, I accidentally spilled orange juice on him.”

What a complicated sequence of events. Mu Yin was tired just saying it.

To her surprise, Liang Yunxi just looked enlightened. “I see.”

As for Pei Che, he just looked up briefly before continuing to wipe himself down.

“…” Strange. Why didn’t the ‘time-stopping eye contact’ between the male and female leads happen? Did it happen and I just didn’t notice?

At that moment, her health points jumped up by a few digits. It seemed she had indeed fulfilled her role as the villainess.

Mu Yin felt delighted, but seeing the large stain on Pei Che’s clothes, she felt a slight pang of guilt. Besides, she didn’t want to owe her arch-nemesis anything.

“Professor Pei, how much did this shirt cost? I’ll reimburse you.”

Pei Che looked up, calm. “Okay, pay me back.”

“…” That was unexpectedly direct.

Pei Che: “Hmm?”

She swore she saw him smiling! It was definitely a mocking smile!

Pei Che said composedly, “If that doesn’t work, then never mind… anyway, you only ruined one shirt.”

Mu Yin interrupted him expressionlessly, “How much? I’ll pay!”

“I don’t remember.”

“…” Mu Yin asked speechlessly, “Roughly what number?”

Pei Che: “Hmm… can’t recall.”

“Then what do you want?!”

Pei Che sighed softly, appearing very helpless. “I’ll go back and check my purchase history, then send the amount to you on WeChat.”

Reimbursement was only fair. But Pei Che’s lines really didn’t fit a male lead. Is the Pei family going bankrupt?!

Mu Yin was speechless but nodded reluctantly. “Fine, you’d better be quick.”

Once they were settled, she would delete him! This time she definitely wouldn’t be soft-hearted!

Liang Yunxi spoke up: “Professor Pei, perhaps you should go back and change quickly.”

“Yes.” Seeing that the stain was hard to clean, Pei Che sighed again, then said with difficulty, “I have a seminar to attend later… if I go back to the dorm to change, I’m afraid I’ll be late…”

Mu Yin: “…” Is he saying this to make me feel guilty? In your dreams!

How does this person have no plan at all? Since he had an important meeting, couldn’t he have just refused to walk her to the gate or have a drink? If he had just refused, her task would be done, he wouldn’t be covered in juice, and he could have arrived early! How did this stupid human become the male lead?!

Why does he get the protagonist halo? It should all be given to Liang Yunxi!

Liang Yunxi suggested: “There’s a men’s clothing store right next door. But it’s mostly for students, so the quality might not be great.”

Pei Che said: “Poor quality doesn’t matter; it’s fine for a temporary fix.”

Hearing him say that, Mu Yin followed: “Then let’s go pick one? I’ll pay for it as an apology.”

“Then I’ll have to trouble Miss Mu.”

“…” Heh, the Pei family really is going bankrupt.

…

So, the three of them moved to the clothing store next door. In the small space, the shop was filled with affordable clothes suitable for college guys.

Liang Yunxi looked around and said with difficulty, “These clothes don’t seem very suitable for a serious occasion like a seminar. Should we… try another shop?”

How much longer would this take? Every shop on this street was likely the same.

Mu Yin quickly grabbed a garment and said, “I think this one is very suitable. It makes Professor Pei look youthful and radiant—it could take ten years off your age!”

Pei Che looked over, seemingly evaluating it. Mu Yin was worried he would refuse.

To her surprise, he nodded quickly. “Mhm, I think it works too. Thank you, Miss Mu.”

Mu Yin breathed a huge sigh of relief, feeling she was finally about to get rid of this “great deity.” Afraid he would change his mind, she grabbed the clothes and hurried to the checkout.

“Checking out!”

The cashier picked up the scanner. Beep— It scanned the payment code held out from the side.

It was Pei Che’s phone.

Mu Yin looked at him in confusion.

Pei Che looked composed, his tone still calm. “Miss Mu already agreed to pay for the ruined shirt, so I should pay for the new one myself. Besides, I’m already grateful that Miss Mu helped me pick it out.”

“…” Truly… What a pretentious man.

Mu Yin was about to speak when a mist suddenly clouded her mind. This was the omen that the plot was about to change again.

What’s going on? I haven’t even done anything.

She didn’t expect Pei Che to have such a good temper… Looking into those cold and clear eyes, Mu Yin couldn’t hear anything else, as if a little deer was crashing around in her chest.

She realized she liked Pei Che even more.

Mu Yin decided to find an opportunity to confess to Pei Che. She was confident that he would surely be attracted to her.

…

As it turned out, Pei Che rejected her heartlessly.

For Mu Yin, that was a dark day. From then on, her heart became more and more twisted, and she grew to hate everything in this world madly…